Category: waste and fraud

Senate Appropriations GOPers Lead Congressional Return to Pork Barrel Earmarks

April 12, 2022
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Nine of the 16 Senate Republicans who received earmarks in 2022 are members of the upper chamber’s appropriations committee and, despite being in the minority, they got twice as much pork as their Democratic colleagues on that powerful panel. The nine appropriations Republicans gained fewer total earmarks, trailing the 13 earmarking Democrats on the committee 743…

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Congress Falls Off Wagon, Leaps Back Into the Pork Barrel With $9.6 Billion in New Earmarks

April 11, 2022
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News Analysis Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) earned his “Dr. No” nickname in the U.S. Senate with his determined opposition to earmarks, which he called “the gateway drug for federal spending addiction” that hooks so many senators and representatives. Thanks largely to Coburn’s exposure of infamous earmarks like Alaska’s “Bridge to Nowhere,” Congress in 2011 banned…

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Congress Falls Off Wagon, Leaps Back Into Pork Barrel With $9.6 Billion in New Earmarks

April 11, 2022
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News Analysis The late Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) earned his “Dr. No” nickname in the U.S. Senate with his determined opposition to earmarks, which he called “the gateway drug for federal spending addiction” that hooks so many senators and representatives. Largely because of Coburn’s exposure of infamous earmarks such as Alaska’s “Bridge to Nowhere,” Congress…

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Oversight Watchdog Wants to Know Why Two Intelligence Community IGs Were Overpaid

April 4, 2022
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Presidentially appointed inspectors-general (IG) at two key intelligence community agencies were collectively overpaid more than $168,000 between 2016 and 2020, but it is unclear if any corrective action has been taken, according to a Department of Defense (DOD) memo obtained by a non-profit government watchdog. Information about the overpayments is contained in a Jan. 25,…

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